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No gravity readings, I'm not really that scientific of a brewer. I just smelled it and it smelled like past beers that didn't end up as dry as I intended them. Thanks for your thoughts, we'll see! Moved it back to the warmish temps inside early this week and popped an air lock in the keg. I'll...

Hi all, Just returned home from the holiday break to keg a batch of oatmeal stout. As I was racking into the keg I gave the beer a sniff, and it is way sweet. This used to happen to me all the time with darker beers until a friend and fellow brewer suggested double-yeasting. That cleared up the...

PERFECT, thanks!!

Rigged up a sweet little ceiling anchor/pulley system above my shop sink. :rock:

Couple further questions after reading through this thread (new BIAB brewer here). Here's what I gather so far in researching the proper way to convert a traditional all-grain recipe to BIAB: You will need a brewpot that can accommodate the higher strike volume necessary for BIAB. Sparging...

Here's my favorite thing to do with spent grain: Spent Grain Beer Bread Recipe - Food.com Delicious every time! I use what I can, freeze some, and have a couple other folks in town I call to give away the extra.

So glad to find this thread. I literally can't find an IPA I like in the breweries right now. Good for the ol' wallet though I guess! Who's got recipe recommendations? Clean, bitter, piney goodness please. I've got the equipment for partial mash and BIAB currently.

Hiya I'm planing my first foray into BIAB, working with a recipe (Papazian, oatmeal stout) that calls for a couple temperature changes during mashing, and am unsure on how to proceed. Instructions are as follows: Add malted barley, oats, crystal malt and roasted barley to 6qt of 150-degree...